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Meeting Dates set for Knoxville Transportation Authority The next meeting of KAT's governing board, the Knoxville Transportation Authority (KTA) is scheduled for Thursday, July 23, 2009 at 3 p.m. The KTA meets at the City County Building on Main Street in the main assembly room. Stadium Work Means Detour for Some T Services Construction on Neyland Stadium has temporarily closed a portion of Peyton Manning pass, effective December 1, 2008 and as a result, some of KAT's "T" services are running on detour routes. The closure affects the regular route for the T: East, North-South and Ag Express services, as well as Route 43: University Heights Apartments, which runs between the apartments and the campus. The closure is related to the ongoing renovations and upgrades being done to Neyland stadium. For maps of the detour routes, click here.	Changes are on the Way! The first of several new KAT buses that have recently begun serving routes throughout Knoxville. KAT riders will soon begin noticing some differences in Knoxville's public transit system, including several brand new buses that will be on the streets soon, a new logo and different look to existing buses and signage as well as many other changes over the next 14 months, culminating with KAT's move to the new downtown transit center. KAT held a news conference on Tuesday, June 9 to announce these changes and reveal the new bus and new branding look. For details about the changes, read the complete press release.	New KAT Logo KAT has a new logo! You may have already begun to see this new logo on some of our flyers and the new passes. Soon, you will also see it on some of the new brand new buses that will soon be serving routes throughout Knoxville. As part of an overall branding redesign, KAT has slowly begun introducing its new logo (as seen above, under the title banner). With many changes taking place at KAT over the next year, it is the perfect time to introduce a new branding look that better represents KAT's heightened emphasis on environmental concerns and increased technological capabilities for public transit. KAT engages in Transit Development Plan Knoxville Area Transit has begun the process of developing a Short-Range Transit Development Plan (TDP) to provide guidance for operational and capital changes over the next five years. In addition, with the pending opening of the new downtown transit center, Knoxville Station, there will be a variety of almost immediate changes to the downtown operations of the system. The TDP study focuses on providing short-term guidance to KAT as well as maintaining a perspective of a longer term vision. For more information about this study, visit the TDP website.

KNOXVILLE AREA TRANSIT D.O.T DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS ENTERPRISE GOAL FOR   FY2010

Knoxville Area Transit proposes to establish a goal of 4% of Federal financial assistance expended in DOT-assisted contracts in federal fiscal year 2010 [exclusive of Federal Transit Administration funds to be used for the purchase of transit vehicles] to be spent with firms who are certified as Disadvantaged Business Enterprises (DBE) under Department of Transportation regulations (49 CFR Part 26) . Knoxville Area Transit proposes to meet its goal by advertising bid opportunities through the City of Knoxville Purchasing website, as well as in a timely manner in DBE and general circulation publications and by advising City Purchasing at the time of requisition of possible DBE vendors. The proposed goal and the entire DBE program document are available for inspection during normal business hours at Knoxville Area Transit’s main office for 30 days following the date of this notice. The City of Knoxville/Knoxville Area Transit and DOT will accept comments on the goal for 45 days from the date of this notice. Comments on the goal and program, or questions about DBE certification, should be addressed to: M. B. Roberson, DBE Liaison Officer, Knoxville Area Transit, 1135 E. Magnolia Avenue, Knoxville, TN 37917; telephone: 865-215-7800; email: mroberson@cityofknoxville.org. Comments may be addressed to D.O.T. at U.S. Department of Transportation, Office of Civil Rights, Branch 400, 7 th St., SW, Room 2104, Washington, DC 20590.

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